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Acrochordiceras

Description

Acrochordiceras is a genus of Middle Triassic ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the ceratitid family Acrochordiceratidae, included in the superfamily Ceratitaceae.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)7234744https://www.gbif.org/species/7234744
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)14004https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14004
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acrochordiceratidae : Acrochordiceras
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ceratitida : Acrochordiceratidae : Acrochordiceras
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea
familyAcrochordiceratidaeArthaber 1911
genusAcrochordicerasWaagen 1895
Scientific NameAcrochordiceras Waagen, 1895
Name Published InPal. Indica, (13) 2
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Acrochordicerassubgenusbelongs to Ammonitesstated with evidenceNoetling, 1880
Acrochordicerasgenusbelongs to Haloritidaestated with evidenceSmith, 1927
Acrochordicerasgenusbelongs to Acrochordiceratidaesecond handArkell et al., 1957
Acrochordicerasgenusbelongs to Acrochordiceratidaestated with evidenceMcLearn, 1969
Acrochordicerasgenusbelongs to Ceratitidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)12
First Recorded Appearance251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance247 - 222 Ma
Triassic
Motilityactively mobile (based on Ceratitida)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ceratitida)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ceratitida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. Hyatt. 1877. Ammonoid genera in Part I. Palaeontology. Report of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel 4:105-129
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrochordiceras

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Acrochordiceras (Acrochordiceras)
subgenus
listed (PBDB)
Acrochordiceras atavum
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Acrochordiceras carolinae
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
101247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Acrochordiceras damesi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Acrochordiceras dimidiatum
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Acrochordiceras endrissi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Acrochordiceras hatschekii
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
6247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Acrochordiceras haueri
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
16247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Acrochordiceras hyatti
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
53247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Acrochordiceras lingyunense
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Acrochordiceras pacificum
species
listed (PBDB)1247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1877Acrochordiceras Hyatt p. 124
1880Ammonites (Acrochordiceras) Noetling
1927Acrochordiceras Smith
1934Acrochordiceras (Epacrochordiceras) Spath
1934Epacrochordiceras Spath
1957Acrochordiceras Arkell et al. p. L150
YearName and Author
1969Acrochordiceras McLearn p. 12
1981Acrochordiceras Tozer p. 92
1981Epacrochordiceras Tozer p. 92
2002Acrochordiceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2002Epacrochordiceras Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Hyatt A. Ammonoid genera in Part I. Palaeontology, Report of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel 4, 105-129
Smith J. P. (1927) Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 141, 1-262
McLearn F. H. (1969) Middle Triassic (Anisian) ammonoids from northeastern British Columbia and Ellesmere Island, Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 170, 1-90
Tozer E. T. (1981) Triassic Ammonoidea: Classification, evolution and relationship with Permian and Jurassic Forms, The Ammonoidea: The evolution classification, mode of life and geological usefulness of a major fossil group, 66-100
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Pal. Indica, (13) 2 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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